bug#24275: Misnamed directory in GuixSD

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Vincent Legoll <address@hidden> skribis:

> I've found some user account (other than nobody)
> that have /var/empty as their home directory, f.e.:
>
> gnu/services/networking.scm:301
>
> (define %ntp-accounts
>   (list (user-account
>          (name "ntpd")
>          (group "nogroup")
>          (system? #t)
>          (comment "NTP daemon user")
>          (home-directory "/var/empty")
>          (shell #~(string-append #$shadow "/sbin/nologin")))))
>
> Is that a glitch, and they can be moved to /nonexistent or do
> they really require an existing directory to work ?

I don’t know.  /var/empty is a widespread convention.  But it probably
doesn’t matter much in fact.  :-)

Ludo’.